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I don’t really care that people are saying the iPhone 5 is way below expectations, because to me, any phone is better than my iPhone 3GS that is memory-clogged and lags like crazy.

I almost wanted to give up and just get the iPhone 4S, but a friend who works for Apple hinted to me that all Apple staff’s leaves are blocked in the month of September. True enough, the iPhone 5 was announced shortly after, in the second week of the month.

I stayed up to watch the keynote presentation of the iPhone 5 and decided that I am gonna get it no matter how, even though my dad has a brand new Samsung Galaxy S3 that he doesn’t need. Singapore was one of the first few countries to have the iPhone sold here, and I went to queue on the 4th day of sales.

The M1 shop only opens at 11am, but I was there queuing at 9.30am and there was already a queue of about 50 people formed.

I told myself that this is probably gonna be the silliest thing that I will be doing this year.

The shop opened at 11am and I was out of it with my new iPhone 5 at 12.30pm.

Been using it for the past 4 days and I am loving the M1 LTE’s blazing fast browsing speed that puts my house’s wifi to shame.

And the best thing was, my current mobile plan allows me to get the iPhone 5 at only $190. Being an M1 subscriber for the past decade, I was also given a $50 voucher that I was entitled to use. I paid for my iPhone 5 in cash, because you can just dig into any wallet and pull $140 out.

A few of my colleagues wanted to get their hands on an iPhone 5 so they played around with mine, and they all remarked how significantly lighter it was.

Which is true, so I went down to Mobyshop to get a wafer-thin casing for my new iPhone and an oleophobic screen protector. Brandon there does the greatest job of setting up my iPhone with all the protection it needs.

One of the listeners called in to share the problems in her relationship, and the radio DJ, together with a guest “love doctor”, was supposed to help this listener sort her issues out.

I can’t remember what the listener’s name was, but let’s just call her as B, the same B in Bitch.

B was already in a stable relationship with her boyfriend. He was a big part of her life, but B decided to pursue her post-graduate studies and left for another country. B kept in touch with her boyfriend and maintained a long distance relationship, but at the same time, B was also making new friends with all the other international students in her University.

One of these international students was a German dude, and let’s call him Schwuler. Both Schwuler and B spent a lot of time together, and B started developing feelings for him, even though she was already in a stable relationship.

Schwuler, being a typical European, was very direct and straightforward. He knew B was already attached, but he decided to take his chances and asked her to be his girlfriend. B didn’t want to live a double life, so she broke up with her current boyfriend to be with Schwuler.

They soon started to be in a committed relationship. However, complications arose when both families were not agreeable with them dating. It was a clash of German and Chinese cultures.

Hence, B called in to ask the “love doctor” how is she able to sort these issues out.

It’s appalling to look at the state of how our current society is. Why are we even helping this bitch out? You mean, in the first place, it is perfectly fine for her to be selfish and break up with her current boyfriend so that she could get together with this new guy she just met? Why are we helping a bitch who didn’t even consider the feelings of someone who has proven himself to always be there for her?

Maybe love is irrational, or maybe, people just want the best for themselves,
Or maybe, Asian girls really just prefer White men.

Maybe that’s why for me, I avoid commitment because I know what a big thing it is.

I am, honestly, quite disappointed with my race this morning. I felt well-rested and adequately prepared for the race, and was feeling very confident to run a 46-min 10km.

I knew I was keeping to a good pace when my watched showed an average of 4:30/km for the first 3-4km. If I maintained this pace, a 45-min finish would be possible, but I know I would definitely slow down a little during the later stage.

The horror came when my watch alerted me that I was running 5:10 for one particular lap, and 5:40 for the subsequent one. This is quite impossible, because that would mean I was jogging.. And at the pace I was going, I knew I wasn’t. The distance markers were definitely wrong. The entire distance of the course was probably somewhere between 10.6km to 11km.

The last lap was the worst. I hit the 9km marker at 44 minutes and decided to aim for a 48-min finish, but somehow after crossing the Esplanade Bridge, I was too tired to calculate my pace and just wanted to give it my last burst. There was this little sign that displayed “400m” so I assumed that it was the last stretch. My God, it took me about 2 minutes to clear that 400m and I finished the race in 50 mins.

Maybe the distance markers were right, and maybe the distance was indeed 10km, I wish I could come up with an explanation for the poor performance today.

I am disappointed, but I will come back stronger for my next 10km race.
I will see 46-mins by the end of this year.

Legoland officially opens on 15 September 2012, but Keith managed to get tickets for the preview.

It is really, just another substandard theme park, quite similar to Universal Studios Singapore. I must say, for USS, at least you know you have to try the Battlestar Galatica or the Transformers Ride, but for Legoland, there is really nothing much to look forward to.

It is not that bad though. Located only 5 minutes away from Tuas Second Link, with free parking at all the 3 carparks in the theme park, and reasonably priced meals from only RM18, you get to see quite a few fabulous structures constructed from only Lego bricks.

Other than that, I would say that all the other the attractions, playgrounds, and rides in the theme park are catered to an audience with ages 12 and under. There is really nothing much to enjoy, unless you like going up and down slides, or jumping in a bouncy castle, or sitting in a cup that spins around in circles.

The Legoland 4D Cinema was something similar to the Shrek 4D in USS, except that your chair doesn’t move, and you get sprayed with a generous amount of water and soap.

Tickets sold online are priced at RM140 for adults, and if you are driving in, you have to pay an additional RM15 and SGD6 for tolls and immigration.

You can do your own calculations and decide if it is worth going.

However, I must say that since I only went for the preview, some rides/attractions are not in operation yet.